Stolpersteine in Frankfurt am Main

The Initiative Stolpersteine Frankfurt am Main has arranged the laying of around 1,950 Stolpersteine from 2003 till mid 2023. The Initiative researches and documents the fates of the victims, coordinates the laying of the stones and informs the public. A special concern is to get in touch with descendants and relatives of the victims, which is also the purpose of an “Abend der Begegnung” that the initiative organises with relatives and sponsors after major laying series.

The City of Frankfurt welcomes the Initiative. Many institutions support it, including the city’s cultural office, the Jewish Community of Frankfurt, the Jewish Museum and the Institute for City History. Schools, parishes and associations are involved and take an active part in the laying of the stones. The biographies and persecution fates of the people for whom Stolpersteine were laid appear in an annual documentation and are published on various platforms on the internet, particularly on frankfurt.de.

In Frankfurt, the layings of Stolpersteine by artist Gunter Demnig are technically prepared by Frankfurt ‘s disposal company FES, which also installs the Stolpersteine in case of his absence, that are then ceremonially “unveiled” by the Initiative.

At least twice a year, the Stolpersteine are cleaned by “Putzpatinnen” and “Putzpaten” - on the Jewish Holocaust memorial day “Yom HaShoah” (in April or May with changing dates) and on 9/10 November.

So far, Stolpersteine have been laid in the following districts of Frankfurt am Main:

Altstadt
Bahnhofsviertel
Bergen-Enkheim
Bockenheim
Bornheim
Dornbusch
Eckenheim
Eschersheim
Fechenheim
Gallus
Ginnheim
Griesheim

Gutleutviertel
Harheim
Hausen
Heddernheim
Höchst
Innenstadt
Nied
Nieder-Eschbach
Niederrad
Nordend
Oberrad
Ostend

Praunheim
Riederwald
Rödelheim
Sachsenhausen
Schwanheim
Sindlingen
Sossenheim
Unterliederbach
Westend